Combination-tool.



No. 745,008. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903. G, G. GEARHART. COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLIOAIION FILED JUNE 22 1903 N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 24, 1903.

PATENT FFICE.

COMBINATION-TOO L.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,008, dated November 24, 1903. 7

Application filed June 22, 1903. Serial No- 162,569. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGnAFToN G. GEARHART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cazenovia, in the county of l/Voodford, State portion 10.

of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combination-tools; and it has for its object to provide a device which may be employed for a variety of purposes and in which certain elements will cooperate with certain other elements interchangeably in the performance of useful functions.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the tool with the reversible member in position for use of the tool as a gage. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the reversible member in position for use of the tool as a canopener. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cuttingplate and its stem.

Referring now to the drawings, the present implement comprises a handle or stem 5, at one end of which is formed a claw 6, which is designed for pulling tacks in the usual manner, and at the opposite end of the stem or handle and extending transversely thereof is ahammenhead 7. Through the handle 5, and extending longitudinally thereof, is formed a slot 8, and on the side walls of this slot are formed the longitudinal ribs 9, which extend from the end of the slot farthest from the head of the hammer nearly to the opposite end of the slot, so as to leave an enlarged The slot in the handle is designed to receive a cutting-blade 11, formed at the end of an enlarged stem 12, having notches 13 in its sides, and this stem is passed through the enlarged portion of the slot and then is moved laterally, so as to receive the ribs 9 in the notches in the sides'of the stem.

The ribs prevent transverse movement of the stem, and as the bottoms of the notches in the stem are flat the stem is held against rotation by the close fitting of the ribs. The

ribs hold the stem with the blade lying trans versely of the handle and projecting from the slot.

The blade 11 is designed for use either as a can-opening blade or a stylus for a gage. From the outer face of the hammerhead there extends downwardly and outwardly a pointed finger 14, which is designed for engagement through the top of a can, at which time the blade 11 will be held in suchposition that the lever may be moved downwardly tocarry the blade into engagement with the top of the can, when by pressing upon the outer end of the stem or handle 5 the blade will be forced through the can-top and upon the finger 14: as a pivot. The tool may be then rotated to cause the blade to cut through the top of the can in the usual manner. Upon the opposite side of the hammer-head from the finger 14 is a shoulder 16, having a flat or straight face 17, which stands at right angles to the hammer handle or stem 5, and which forms the shoulder of a gage. hen the tool is to be employed as a gage, the stem, with the blade thereon, is shifted into the enlarged end por tion of the slot 8 and is then withdrawn from the slot and after being inverted is returned in the same manner into the slot, with the longitudinal ribs of the slot engaging the notches of the stem. The blade then projects at the same side of the hammer-handle with the gage-shoulder and cooperates therewith in the use of the implement as a gage. On the face of the handle 5 is marked a scale 18, so that the distance between the blade and gage-shoulder may be determined.

In the face of the handle 5 is a recess 19, in which is pivoted one end of a corkscrew 20, which is adapted to be swung to lie therein when not in use and to project at right angles thereto when it is to be used.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various partswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

WVhat is claimed is- A tool comprising a handle having at one end a pointed finger projecting at an angle to the handle and having at its opposite side at the same end, a shoulder having a face lying at right angles to the handle, said handle hav-- ing alongitudinal slot therethrough and havits blade from the slot in substantially the :0 ing flanges projecting into the slot from the same direction as the finger or the shoulder. sides thereof and terminating short of the end I In testimony whereof I affix my signature of the slot adjacent to the shoulder to form in presence of two witnesses.

a passa e and a member of a size to pass r 1 through the passage and having a narrowed GRAF TON GEARHART' portion adapted to engage slidably between WVitnesses: the flanges, said member having a blade at J. C. IRVING, one end and being reversible to project with F. M. ,SHUGART; 

